Intervention by Estonia at the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Buenos Aires, Argentina

14.11.2017

IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of
Child Labour

Intervention by ESTONIA

Buenos Aires, Argentina

14 -16 november 2017

Thank you, Chairperson

On the occasion of
the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour, Estonia
would like to reiterate its commitment to the fight against forced labour and
child labour. It is important to strengthen the actions and take the next steps
in order to eradicate child labour and provide proper education and decent work
for young people all over the world.

With that, Estonia fully aligns itself with the
pledges made by the European Union, and commits itself further to the following
national pledges:

The
Protocol of 2014 to the ILO Forced Labour Convention enters into force for
Estonia on November 24, this year. With this, Estonia expresses its full
support to the fight against forced labour and child labour and commits to
effective implementation of the Protocol.

Estonia
reaffirms its commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development's
target to end child labour in all its forms by 2025. For this purpose, Estonia
ensures that its humanitarian programming takes into account those vulnerable
to forced labour, especially children, and takes necessary steps to enhance
cooperation with partner countries.

As
education is essential in tackling child labour, Estonia reiterates its
commitment to engage in development cooperation programmes, in order to enable
implementing the rights of the child, to have access to quality and inclusive
education.